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vol xv no 224 a m saturday Chicago september 8 1917 saturday rer-ltm-ed in ptftptt fxutk ptt't^jtsi in Chicago elsewhere tt s patent officii ---__â€¢_- j.vvu j__n io and suburbs thkt.ec__.ms Chicago examiner inquest in king death is reopened north carolina attorney general orders action new witnesses swear two shots were fired about twenty minutes apart concord n c sept 7 mrs j maude a king's mysterious j death when on an automobile ride with her business manager gas j ton b means and others on august 29 will be investigated for possible evidence of murder by coroner c l spears the coroner's order reopening the accidental shooting verdict followed receipt of the report of the Chicago autopsy disproving the acci dent theory and the discovery of new witnesses who controvert means version of the tragedy attorney general j h manning returning to raleigh to-night wired solicitor haden clement of salis bury collector of the judicial dis trict in which concord is located of the finding of indications of foul nlay in the death of mrs king he asked him to investigate and if he finds conditions to justify such action to reopen the case for most thorough investigation attorney general acts on hoyne's word attorney general manning acted on the strength of an urgent telegram from state's attorney hoyne of chi cago after a post-mortem examina tion there had resulted in the con clusion that her death was not an accident mr manning said that under the state law and court practice that is all the authority he has in the mat ter and that solicitor clement and the cabarrus grand jury will have complete control in ordering further investigation or prosecution solicitor clement announced late to night that he would reopen the in quiry into the death of mrs king he will summon gaston means and all others who were in the party when she lost her life he will also summon witnesses from Chicago the coroner announced he will turn the entire case of mrs king's death over to the solicitor together with much new evidence that he has se cured to-day the coroner deciares he now believes mrs king was shot by some one other than herself new witnesses tell of two shots fired charles s dry and his wife told how two bhots not one were fired that night at blackwelder's spring they further swore that the mad dash to the hospital was twenty minutes after the shooting a third witness was rushed into the county attorney's office at con cord and his identity kept secret he was credited with having overheard afton means gaston's brother make a remark indicating knowledge of the accident talked to means brother about shooting this mysterious witness talked with means brother afton means the night of the tragedy he had left the party at the hospital with the Chicago woman's lifeless body free speech fight in senate uneath big i.w.w plots here ifflfh assailed i mi debate draws fire of williams chamber lain and nelson in offering bill to pay 50 more monthly j to u s soldiers in france j washington sept 7 fls fire of passion inspired a the war which has been slumbering in the senate of the united states since the first day that this nation took up arms against germany and even before that time burst into flame to-day and raged unchecked for two hours it is the first of what ia likely to be a series of eruptions over the at titude of several senators who wer opposed to the war in the beginning to the conscription act and to a num ber of other administration war measures and who are regarded by other senators as deliberate obstruc tionists of war measures the situation in the senate ha reached a crisis and men who are most loyal in their support of all ad ministration war measures declare that the time has come to speak^h plainly and to act out of the cham ber the red-brand word treason la used quite often and in the chamber words but little milder characterise the attitude of the senators who have opposed many of the so-called war measures pacifists assailed senators near blows to-day an amendment to the war revenue bill clearly tacked on as a rider for political effect and without the slightest chance of being adopted provoked the wrath of the senate and started the drive against the pacifists the amendment provided a flat tax of 10 per cent additional on all in a comes in excess of j25.000 annually m and that this money should be used i to pay every enlisted man and officer i sent abroad for this war 50 a month in addition to the pay now provided senator lafollette introduced thej amendment but in the course of thf â„¢ delate to-day senator hardwick of georgia who is opposed to the scheme of conscription claimed the authorship of the amendment this opened up the batteries against him and he was tho target for three of the bitterest speeches heard in con gress since the declaration of war words cause threat of personal encounter senator nelson a veteran w>e a i served four years in the civil war | led the attack senator chamberlain j of oregon chairman of the military ! affairs committee followed him anri then senator hardwick made a h fense of his course senator john sharp williams the?^h made the final attack upon senatot^b hardwick and was so bitter at tha â– start that he was called to order ans j set ator hardwick suggested that j such words might lead to a persnaalj encounter senator hardwicx fl resented the remarks of senator nÂ»j son but said he could not discuhj them ss n would on account of tnh advanced age of the senator frctfj minnesota subject gives cau8e a for further battles m once broached the subject afl bos caused so much concern mrs king shot herself sister tells examiner asheville n c sept 7 editor examiner Chicago your telegram addressed to gas ton b means and stating that cor oner hoffman believes that my sister was murdered is absolutely absurd her death was a deplora ble accident arrangements had just been completed for her to be in new york this week and later to go to Chicago where she was to be a most important witness in connection with an important will that left her a large sum of money i was at concord when the ac cident happened the insinuations from newspapers and others with out seeing or knowing the small size of the pistol or having the facts before them are unfair the pistol with which my sister mrs king.accidentally shot herself was only three or four inches long it ls impossible for the Chicago cor oner to say whether her death was accidental all concerned tried to persuade mrs king not to have anything to do with a pistol for target prac ticing she had been warned that this pistol was most dangerous she insisted on using it and acci dentally shot herself signed mary c melvin < mrs melvin is a sister of mrs maude a king u s embargoes gold to orient executive order empowers re serve board to stop leakage to foej treasury final judge . washington sept 7 president wilson to-day embargoed all exports of coin bullion and currency except as authorized by the federal reserve board and the secretary of the treas ury the effect of the embargo which applies to all nations will be to place absolute control over gold exports in the hands of secretary mcadoo and the federal reserve board keep gold here officials believe the measure will go for toward conserving the huge store of gold accumulated in this country since the beginning of the war this store recently has been drawn upon rather heavily by japan mexico and spain it also is designed to stop the leakage of money to ger many through neutrals statement under oath the executive order effective sep tember 10 follows 1 any individual firm or cor poration desiring to export from the united states or any of its territorial possessions to any for eign country named in the procla mation dated september 7 1917 any coin bullion or currency shall first file an application in trip licate with the federal reserve bank of the district in which individual firm or corporation is locatdh such application to state under oath and in detail the nature of the trans action the amount involved the parties directly and indirectly in terested and such other informa tion as may be of assistance in de termining whether the exportation will be compatible with the public interests it is not intended to curtail ship ments of gold and bullion to belgium and other countries for relief work when it can be shown none of the funds may reach germany or austria n y senate turns , down g w perkins albany sept 7 â€” the nomination of george w perkins to be chairman of the new yorik state food commis sion was defeated late to-day by a vote of 25 to lil 1 i we'll just win says lloyd george america never defeated and will not be defeated now declares british premier defends u-boat figures which end germany's hope of win ning has faith in russia birkenhead sept 7 we will ! win with the whole united strength j of our people but we shall only just | v in premier lloyd george declared iln a speech here to-day we need i all our strength so don't let us throw iit away it is a mighty foe which | has set itself to destroy this empire i and it will take all of our strength i to beat it the premier said beyond and behind al these things comes the great republic of the west her instinct taught her that freedom is in real jeopardy and you can hear the tramp of her men and the hammering of her an vils the central powers are engag ing and they know it with a coun try that has never yet been beaten a country of infinite resources a country where you have the quali ties that make for enterprise and endurance defeat would be a new experi ' ence for america and she has no taste for it unless lam mistaken in the news coming from america she is taking steps that will once more inflict that experience upon her foes german attempts to sow dissen sion among the allies on the east and the west failed germany only decided to invade russia with the sword because her other method failed russia delays victory the russian revolution post pones an allied victory we had expected an earlier recovery but we must be patient Â« we are less concerned for the effect of a russian failure on the war than with its effect on the world's democracy russia's leaders are now repair ing their machine under fire i am confident they will su ceed i am absolutely convinced that the submarines will never be able to beat down the empire's strength nor the allies hope germany boasts of her victories in tho east â€” against no resistance â€” but the allies success on the west especially that of the italians ls an effectual reply did not start war england drew ' the sword in honor of her pledged word he de clared ln answering the charge that england started the war far trom being despondent about the crisis ln the eastern the ater mr lloyd george said fur ther the people should look for ward to russia with hope because she will recover and play a greater part yet before the war was over in saving the world from prussian domination dark as may be the cloud in the russian sky he said there is sunshine on the banners of the al lies in all other theaters of war germany may boast her victories tn the east against unresisting forces but she has her reply in the suc cess of the allies in the west and especially the recent success of thei italians for all these reasons i ask you to be of stout heart there may be stony paths to climb but we will climb them our footpaths may be stained with blood but we win reach the heights and then ln front we will see the rich valleys and plains of the new world mr lloyd george did not discuss the allies war alms his speech was generally reported aa prepared with this view pope plans to call peace conference vatican will suggest armistice if answers show any possibility of offer being accepted disarmament of germany held better curb to kaiser than change in form of government copenhagen sept 7 â€” the pope will issue invitations to a peace con 1 ference and suggest an armistice if i the answers to his pence note show j the possibility of success this la | asserted by the vienna reichpost the . elerical organ if the peace proposal i ls rejected the pope will express his j views in an encyclical or at n con i history i washington sept 7 â€” pope ben edict will not relax his efforts for j peace an authoritative source here i to-day declared the vatican does not consider president wilson's reply to the late nt>te has closed the matter already a new plan for satisfac tion of the united states demands i for overthrow of german militarism has been informally advanced it is this the pope already has proposed and president wilson has accepted the doctrine of universal reduction of ar . maments the vatican is credited with the belief a reduction of armaments would destroy more effectually the power of german military autocracy than would internal reform of ger many's constitution awaits allies heply further replies are expected at the vatican within the next few weeks from the central powers and from certain of the allies following re ceipt and careful consideration of these replies another note will be addressed by the pope the world an authentic although unofficial outline of the present position of the vatican has been made here it ls roughly as follows 1 the crimes the allies charge against germany already stand con demned in the public utterances of his holiness 2 in his potential character ns a judge or mediator the pope cannot now express his opinion as to whether the allied charges are true and ger many guilty 3 the issue has been joined aa the lawyers say and the only way to determine justice of the allied claims nnd the guilt or innocence of germany ls not ln the heat of battle but in the cnlm of the council cham ber belief germany admits guilt further the intimation has been broadly made in behalf of the vati can that germany is guilty on ger many's own admission restoration of belgium is one of the terms of the pope's proposal and this means he considers germany guilty of at least this violation of international law the vatican is more strongly con sidering president wilson's reply as a step towards acceptance of the pope's proposal stovall u s minister at berne will return savannah ga sept 7 a pri vate cable from berne switzerland states colonel pleasant a stovall u s minister to switzerland editor and owner of the savannah press has left his post and will reach home in september he has been at berne more than four years kingdon gould takes place in draft army wrightstown n j sept 7 klngdon gould eldest son of george j gould and who was denied ex emption from draft was assigned to an iron cot ln the barracks of the three hundred and eleventh infantry here to-day he will drill to-morrow with the squad all germany for peace says scheidemann amsterdam sept 7 philip scheidemann in the vor waerts declares an overwhelming majority of the german people including the men of the army and navy are for a peace by con ciliation he urges the chancellor to de nounce the pan-german movement for a hindenburg peace airmen 801 u.s hospitals one american killed eight in jured two british also slain nine others wounded london sept 7 â€” bombs hurled from a fleet of german airplanes killed one american officer and wounded more or less seriously eight americans in what is described as a deliberate raid upon british-ameri can hospitals ln a french coast city last tuesday the hospitals attacked are occu pied by st louis and ha.-vard contin gents which were among the first to arrive in france after america's entrance into the war the harvard unit was most severely hit by ths j raid casualties thus far reported are killed officer of u s medical corps two or rank and file british total killed 3 wounded ; three officers of u s medical corps five other americans nine of other nationality total wounded 17 five of the sixteen wounded at the harvard unit's hospital were mem bers of the american hospital staff ten were patients so far as is known one bomb each fell into the hospitals v s not fully informed washington sept 7 no official confirmation of the killing of ah american officer and five privates in the shelling of a hospital behind the french lines by a german aeroplane j had been received at a late hour to i night either by the united states or | the red cross organization pershing asks for weather forecaster washington sept 7 major general pershing has requested the war department to send a weather man to france at once to forecast weather conditions brigadier gen eral george o squier chief signal of ficer told the house appropriations committee that a meteorological ex pert is a necessity of modern war fare special equipment for weather forecasting also is needed mrs w g wood loses 600 diamond ring mrs willis g wood 4628 lake park avenue returning last night from springfield where she had been attending the meeting of the wom en's committee of the national coun cil of defense reported the loss of a purse containing a 600 diamond ring she refused to discuss her loss say ing lt was being investigated pope stops church paper for sedition udine italy sept 7 â€” the roman catholic newspaper corriere full ad vised italian soldiers to throw down their arms following the pope's peace proposal the paper was suspended fifteen days by the authorities and the editor a priest interned pope ber edict suppressed the paper perma u.s will tryall leaders in Chicago records of lynched butte leader taken in raid lay foundation for one of greatest prosecu tions in nation's history documentary evidence indi cating n nation-wide conspir acy to impede if not to pre vent successful prosecution of the war was obtained by the federal authorities during their raids against various headquarters of the i w w on tuesday so vast is the number of docu ments seized that only a tithe of i them has as yet been examined care i fully it was ascertained however that the i w w lays claims to be an 1 organization including 80,000 mem i bers in the united states of whom 12,000 are said to reside in Chicago and vicinity wide-spread havoc planned in u s it is understood that some of the plots uncovered included the destruc tion of factories grain fields and or chards and the organization of strikes in mines and mills nothing possible to embarrass tho government was to be left undone and in some cases the plots have al ready been carried out some of the documents obtained re late to affairs in france england germany italy and russia evidence concerning plots originat ing in Chicago is said to be sufficient to warrant a series of trials that will surpass anything heretofore known in this country lynched leader's records seized clothing and personal records of frank little i w w organizer l*Â£Â»ched august 1 at butte mont were found yesterday by government operatives in the i w w headquar ters at 1001 west madison street federal prosecutors were jubilant they said the evidence connected the montana mine agitations with the Chicago i w w officers and strengthened the prospect of bringing all leaders here for one gigantic prosecution ' little was interred al butte on or ders of william d haywood national secretary to bury the body on the fighting ground 5,000 mystery check found later the investigator found an uncashed check for 5,000 they questioned haywood and finally made a record of it and per mitted him to have it cashed all information concerning the new evidence was refused the operatives finished searching the first two floors of the i w w headquarters to-day they will start u s weather forecast Chicago and vicikityâ€”prob ably unsettled saturday sunday partly cloudy continued cool mod erate to fresh northeast winds be coming variable , * teiiperature for twenty-four hours ending at 2 a m highest 62 lowest 57 mean 60 normal temperature for the day 67 precipitation for twenty-four houre 0.88 a v oris to-day k3b sunset 6:12 m i mm^u m r<--ivtt u i'aje it entire french cabinet offers resignation daris sept 7 the entire * ribot ministry handed their resignations to president poin care at a meeting of the cabinet this morning the presidents of both chambers have been sum moned to paris by telegraph and president poincare has asked the premier and his colleagues to withhold their action until the two executives have returned the matin says president poin care is certain to ask m ribot to form a new ministry which is not likely to be completed before next week extra auto goes thro bridge 2 drown selective soldier dies with fian cee at wells st was due at camp grant . victor metzek 3822 north seeley avenue and his fiancee miss violet dirks 1902 north halsted street were drowned early this morning and a friend george mason was rescued when their motor car rode over the sagging chain guarding the wells street bridge's north approach it plunged into the river mr metzek and miss dirks were to have been married in a week he just had been drafted and was to report at the rockford cantonment to-day the accident came during return from a party in celebration of the coming wedding policeman cries warning policeman patrick coghlan guard ing the bridge saw the machine com ing as he put up the guarding chain he jumped to the center of the street and shouted to the driver to stop his warning was ignored mr mason was rescued by the po liceman and the bridgetender f j fruenz who flung a life preserver into the river he was taken to east Chicago avenue police station and given treatment in the emergency hospital i\o policeman there shortly after midnight the three drove south to leave mr mason at the saratoga hotel where he resides on approaching the bridge mr metzek who was driving failed to notice it was open traveling at a moderate rate of speed the motor car plunged through the guarding chain and into the river mr mason's rescue was considered a miracle by the east Chicago ave nue station police who investigated miss dirks and mr metzek were carried under the water with the car at an early hour this morning the bodies of neither had been recovered liberals ask vote for canadian women ottawa sept 7 â€” the liberal op position in the canadian parliament held a meeting to-day and decided to ask the enfranchisement of all wom en the war-time election act intro duced by the government yesterday would extend the franchise only to the female relatives of canadian sol diers overseas king albert knights u s poet aviator paris sept 7 kenneth p i,itt auer of newark n j a poet and aviator with the franco-belgian squadron has been knighted in the order of leopold 11 by king albert of belgium mr littauer had al ready won the french war cross continued on 7th page 2d column t l continued on 6th page 4th column a-a join the army r râ€”i of examiner want &Â£. reader i j and you too will find many a big opportunity in the little want that appear in the clas sified section every day you'll ; tt i find chances there no matter 1 , â– -. 1 what 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vol xv no 224 a m saturday Chicago september 8 1917 saturday rer-ltm-ed in ptftptt fxutk ptt't^jtsi in Chicago elsewhere tt s patent officii ---__â€¢_- j.vvu j__n io and suburbs thkt.ec__.ms Chicago examiner inquest in king death is reopened north carolina attorney general orders action new witnesses swear two shots were fired about twenty minutes apart concord n c sept 7 mrs j maude a king's mysterious j death when on an automobile ride with her business manager gas j ton b means and others on august 29 will be investigated for possible evidence of murder by coroner c l spears the coroner's order reopening the accidental shooting verdict followed receipt of the report of the Chicago autopsy disproving the acci dent theory and the discovery of new witnesses who controvert means version of the tragedy attorney general j h manning returning to raleigh to-night wired solicitor haden clement of salis bury collector of the judicial dis trict in which concord is located of the finding of indications of foul nlay in the death of mrs king he asked him to investigate and if he finds conditions to justify such action to reopen the case for most thorough investigation attorney general acts on hoyne's word attorney general manning acted on the strength of an urgent telegram from state's attorney hoyne of chi cago after a post-mortem examina tion there had resulted in the con clusion that her death was not an accident mr manning said that under the state law and court practice that is all the authority he has in the mat ter and that solicitor clement and the cabarrus grand jury will have complete control in ordering further investigation or prosecution solicitor clement announced late to night that he would reopen the in quiry into the death of mrs king he will summon gaston means and all others who were in the party when she lost her life he will also summon witnesses from Chicago the coroner announced he will turn the entire case of mrs king's death over to the solicitor together with much new evidence that he has se cured to-day the coroner deciares he now believes mrs king was shot by some one other than herself new witnesses tell of two shots fired charles s dry and his wife told how two bhots not one were fired that night at blackwelder's spring they further swore that the mad dash to the hospital was twenty minutes after the shooting a third witness was rushed into the county attorney's office at con cord and his identity kept secret he was credited with having overheard afton means gaston's brother make a remark indicating knowledge of the accident talked to means brother about shooting this mysterious witness talked with means brother afton means the night of the tragedy he had left the party at the hospital with the Chicago woman's lifeless body free speech fight in senate uneath big i.w.w plots here ifflfh assailed i mi debate draws fire of williams chamber lain and nelson in offering bill to pay 50 more monthly j to u s soldiers in france j washington sept 7 fls fire of passion inspired a the war which has been slumbering in the senate of the united states since the first day that this nation took up arms against germany and even before that time burst into flame to-day and raged unchecked for two hours it is the first of what ia likely to be a series of eruptions over the at titude of several senators who wer opposed to the war in the beginning to the conscription act and to a num ber of other administration war measures and who are regarded by other senators as deliberate obstruc tionists of war measures the situation in the senate ha reached a crisis and men who are most loyal in their support of all ad ministration war measures declare that the time has come to speak^h plainly and to act out of the cham ber the red-brand word treason la used quite often and in the chamber words but little milder characterise the attitude of the senators who have opposed many of the so-called war measures pacifists assailed senators near blows to-day an amendment to the war revenue bill clearly tacked on as a rider for political effect and without the slightest chance of being adopted provoked the wrath of the senate and started the drive against the pacifists the amendment provided a flat tax of 10 per cent additional on all in a comes in excess of j25.000 annually m and that this money should be used i to pay every enlisted man and officer i sent abroad for this war 50 a month in addition to the pay now provided senator lafollette introduced thej amendment but in the course of thf â„¢ delate to-day senator hardwick of georgia who is opposed to the scheme of conscription claimed the authorship of the amendment this opened up the batteries against him and he was tho target for three of the bitterest speeches heard in con gress since the declaration of war words cause threat of personal encounter senator nelson a veteran w>e a i served four years in the civil war | led the attack senator chamberlain j of oregon chairman of the military ! affairs committee followed him anri then senator hardwick made a h fense of his course senator john sharp williams the?^h made the final attack upon senatot^b hardwick and was so bitter at tha â– start that he was called to order ans j set ator hardwick suggested that j such words might lead to a persnaalj encounter senator hardwicx fl resented the remarks of senator nÂ»j son but said he could not discuhj them ss n would on account of tnh advanced age of the senator frctfj minnesota subject gives cau8e a for further battles m once broached the subject afl bos caused so much concern mrs king shot herself sister tells examiner asheville n c sept 7 editor examiner Chicago your telegram addressed to gas ton b means and stating that cor oner hoffman believes that my sister was murdered is absolutely absurd her death was a deplora ble accident arrangements had just been completed for her to be in new york this week and later to go to Chicago where she was to be a most important witness in connection with an important will that left her a large sum of money i was at concord when the ac cident happened the insinuations from newspapers and others with out seeing or knowing the small size of the pistol or having the facts before them are unfair the pistol with which my sister mrs king.accidentally shot herself was only three or four inches long it ls impossible for the Chicago cor oner to say whether her death was accidental all concerned tried to persuade mrs king not to have anything to do with a pistol for target prac ticing she had been warned that this pistol was most dangerous she insisted on using it and acci dentally shot herself signed mary c melvin < mrs melvin is a sister of mrs maude a king u s embargoes gold to orient executive order empowers re serve board to stop leakage to foej treasury final judge . washington sept 7 president wilson to-day embargoed all exports of coin bullion and currency except as authorized by the federal reserve board and the secretary of the treas ury the effect of the embargo which applies to all nations will be to place absolute control over gold exports in the hands of secretary mcadoo and the federal reserve board keep gold here officials believe the measure will go for toward conserving the huge store of gold accumulated in this country since the beginning of the war this store recently has been drawn upon rather heavily by japan mexico and spain it also is designed to stop the leakage of money to ger many through neutrals statement under oath the executive order effective sep tember 10 follows 1 any individual firm or cor poration desiring to export from the united states or any of its territorial possessions to any for eign country named in the procla mation dated september 7 1917 any coin bullion or currency shall first file an application in trip licate with the federal reserve bank of the district in which individual firm or corporation is locatdh such application to state under oath and in detail the nature of the trans action the amount involved the parties directly and indirectly in terested and such other informa tion as may be of assistance in de termining whether the exportation will be compatible with the public interests it is not intended to curtail ship ments of gold and bullion to belgium and other countries for relief work when it can be shown none of the funds may reach germany or austria n y senate turns , down g w perkins albany sept 7 â€” the nomination of george w perkins to be chairman of the new yorik state food commis sion was defeated late to-day by a vote of 25 to lil 1 i we'll just win says lloyd george america never defeated and will not be defeated now declares british premier defends u-boat figures which end germany's hope of win ning has faith in russia birkenhead sept 7 we will ! win with the whole united strength j of our people but we shall only just | v in premier lloyd george declared iln a speech here to-day we need i all our strength so don't let us throw iit away it is a mighty foe which | has set itself to destroy this empire i and it will take all of our strength i to beat it the premier said beyond and behind al these things comes the great republic of the west her instinct taught her that freedom is in real jeopardy and you can hear the tramp of her men and the hammering of her an vils the central powers are engag ing and they know it with a coun try that has never yet been beaten a country of infinite resources a country where you have the quali ties that make for enterprise and endurance defeat would be a new experi ' ence for america and she has no taste for it unless lam mistaken in the news coming from america she is taking steps that will once more inflict that experience upon her foes german attempts to sow dissen sion among the allies on the east and the west failed germany only decided to invade russia with the sword because her other method failed russia delays victory the russian revolution post pones an allied victory we had expected an earlier recovery but we must be patient Â« we are less concerned for the effect of a russian failure on the war than with its effect on the world's democracy russia's leaders are now repair ing their machine under fire i am confident they will su ceed i am absolutely convinced that the submarines will never be able to beat down the empire's strength nor the allies hope germany boasts of her victories in tho east â€” against no resistance â€” but the allies success on the west especially that of the italians ls an effectual reply did not start war england drew ' the sword in honor of her pledged word he de clared ln answering the charge that england started the war far trom being despondent about the crisis ln the eastern the ater mr lloyd george said fur ther the people should look for ward to russia with hope because she will recover and play a greater part yet before the war was over in saving the world from prussian domination dark as may be the cloud in the russian sky he said there is sunshine on the banners of the al lies in all other theaters of war germany may boast her victories tn the east against unresisting forces but she has her reply in the suc cess of the allies in the west and especially the recent success of thei italians for all these reasons i ask you to be of stout heart there may be stony paths to climb but we will climb them our footpaths may be stained with blood but we win reach the heights and then ln front we will see the rich valleys and plains of the new world mr lloyd george did not discuss the allies war alms his speech was generally reported aa prepared with this view pope plans to call peace conference vatican will suggest armistice if answers show any possibility of offer being accepted disarmament of germany held better curb to kaiser than change in form of government copenhagen sept 7 â€” the pope will issue invitations to a peace con 1 ference and suggest an armistice if i the answers to his pence note show j the possibility of success this la | asserted by the vienna reichpost the . elerical organ if the peace proposal i ls rejected the pope will express his j views in an encyclical or at n con i history i washington sept 7 â€” pope ben edict will not relax his efforts for j peace an authoritative source here i to-day declared the vatican does not consider president wilson's reply to the late nt>te has closed the matter already a new plan for satisfac tion of the united states demands i for overthrow of german militarism has been informally advanced it is this the pope already has proposed and president wilson has accepted the doctrine of universal reduction of ar . maments the vatican is credited with the belief a reduction of armaments would destroy more effectually the power of german military autocracy than would internal reform of ger many's constitution awaits allies heply further replies are expected at the vatican within the next few weeks from the central powers and from certain of the allies following re ceipt and careful consideration of these replies another note will be addressed by the pope the world an authentic although unofficial outline of the present position of the vatican has been made here it ls roughly as follows 1 the crimes the allies charge against germany already stand con demned in the public utterances of his holiness 2 in his potential character ns a judge or mediator the pope cannot now express his opinion as to whether the allied charges are true and ger many guilty 3 the issue has been joined aa the lawyers say and the only way to determine justice of the allied claims nnd the guilt or innocence of germany ls not ln the heat of battle but in the cnlm of the council cham ber belief germany admits guilt further the intimation has been broadly made in behalf of the vati can that germany is guilty on ger many's own admission restoration of belgium is one of the terms of the pope's proposal and this means he considers germany guilty of at least this violation of international law the vatican is more strongly con sidering president wilson's reply as a step towards acceptance of the pope's proposal stovall u s minister at berne will return savannah ga sept 7 a pri vate cable from berne switzerland states colonel pleasant a stovall u s minister to switzerland editor and owner of the savannah press has left his post and will reach home in september he has been at berne more than four years kingdon gould takes place in draft army wrightstown n j sept 7 klngdon gould eldest son of george j gould and who was denied ex emption from draft was assigned to an iron cot ln the barracks of the three hundred and eleventh infantry here to-day he will drill to-morrow with the squad all germany for peace says scheidemann amsterdam sept 7 philip scheidemann in the vor waerts declares an overwhelming majority of the german people including the men of the army and navy are for a peace by con ciliation he urges the chancellor to de nounce the pan-german movement for a hindenburg peace airmen 801 u.s hospitals one american killed eight in jured two british also slain nine others wounded london sept 7 â€” bombs hurled from a fleet of german airplanes killed one american officer and wounded more or less seriously eight americans in what is described as a deliberate raid upon british-ameri can hospitals ln a french coast city last tuesday the hospitals attacked are occu pied by st louis and ha.-vard contin gents which were among the first to arrive in france after america's entrance into the war the harvard unit was most severely hit by ths j raid casualties thus far reported are killed officer of u s medical corps two or rank and file british total killed 3 wounded ; three officers of u s medical corps five other americans nine of other nationality total wounded 17 five of the sixteen wounded at the harvard unit's hospital were mem bers of the american hospital staff ten were patients so far as is known one bomb each fell into the hospitals v s not fully informed washington sept 7 no official confirmation of the killing of ah american officer and five privates in the shelling of a hospital behind the french lines by a german aeroplane j had been received at a late hour to i night either by the united states or | the red cross organization pershing asks for weather forecaster washington sept 7 major general pershing has requested the war department to send a weather man to france at once to forecast weather conditions brigadier gen eral george o squier chief signal of ficer told the house appropriations committee that a meteorological ex pert is a necessity of modern war fare special equipment for weather forecasting also is needed mrs w g wood loses 600 diamond ring mrs willis g wood 4628 lake park avenue returning last night from springfield where she had been attending the meeting of the wom en's committee of the national coun cil of defense reported the loss of a purse containing a 600 diamond ring she refused to discuss her loss say ing lt was being investigated pope stops church paper for sedition udine italy sept 7 â€” the roman catholic newspaper corriere full ad vised italian soldiers to throw down their arms following the pope's peace proposal the paper was suspended fifteen days by the authorities and the editor a priest interned pope ber edict suppressed the paper perma u.s will tryall leaders in Chicago records of lynched butte leader taken in raid lay foundation for one of greatest prosecu tions in nation's history documentary evidence indi cating n nation-wide conspir acy to impede if not to pre vent successful prosecution of the war was obtained by the federal authorities during their raids against various headquarters of the i w w on tuesday so vast is the number of docu ments seized that only a tithe of i them has as yet been examined care i fully it was ascertained however that the i w w lays claims to be an 1 organization including 80,000 mem i bers in the united states of whom 12,000 are said to reside in Chicago and vicinity wide-spread havoc planned in u s it is understood that some of the plots uncovered included the destruc tion of factories grain fields and or chards and the organization of strikes in mines and mills nothing possible to embarrass tho government was to be left undone and in some cases the plots have al ready been carried out some of the documents obtained re late to affairs in france england germany italy and russia evidence concerning plots originat ing in Chicago is said to be sufficient to warrant a series of trials that will surpass anything heretofore known in this country lynched leader's records seized clothing and personal records of frank little i w w organizer l*Â£Â»ched august 1 at butte mont were found yesterday by government operatives in the i w w headquar ters at 1001 west madison street federal prosecutors were jubilant they said the evidence connected the montana mine agitations with the Chicago i w w officers and strengthened the prospect of bringing all leaders here for one gigantic prosecution ' little was interred al butte on or ders of william d haywood national secretary to bury the body on the fighting ground 5,000 mystery check found later the investigator found an uncashed check for 5,000 they questioned haywood and finally made a record of it and per mitted him to have it cashed all information concerning the new evidence was refused the operatives finished searching the first two floors of the i w w headquarters to-day they will start u s weather forecast Chicago and vicikityâ€”prob ably unsettled saturday sunday partly cloudy continued cool mod erate to fresh northeast winds be coming variable , * teiiperature for twenty-four hours ending at 2 a m highest 62 lowest 57 mean 60 normal temperature for the day 67 precipitation for twenty-four houre 0.88 a v oris to-day k3b sunset 6:12 m i mm^u m r